Parasitology yr2 Flashcards
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Definition of : a parasitic disease in which an animal (non-human vertebrate) is normally the host - but which also infects man
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Zoonosis
2
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Definition of: the organism in which the adult or sexually mature stage of the parasite lives
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Definitive host
3
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Most frequently found protozoan in human stools causing 300 million cases per year
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Giardiasis
4
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Most common non-viral STD
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Trichomoniasis
5
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Major cause of cardiac disease in South and Central America
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Chagas disease
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40% of the world’s population at risk; 300-500 million clinical cases with 1-1.5 million deaths per year
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Malaria
7
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1.5-2 million new cases and 70 000 deaths per year
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Leishmaniasis
8
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Prevalence ranging from 1 to 10%; life threatening in AIDS patients
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Cryptosporidiosis
